Junior Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Junior Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 500 438
Rank change year-on-year -28 -62 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 239 268 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.45% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.50% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 218 195 401
10th Percentile £23,250 £26,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,125 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £35,000 £38,809 £37,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,217 53,628 67,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,585 30,477 42,470
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Junior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Junior Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +78 67 £30,000 -6.25% 11
Midlands +3 52 £27,500 -21.43% 7
South East -35 52 £32,500 -4.41% 5
North West +40 44 £30,000 -20.00% 6
East of England +7 35 £30,000 +3.45% 3
West Midlands +21 34 £27,500 -33.33% 5
Yorkshire +92 23 £30,000 -6.25% 2
South West -25 19 £28,000 -20.00% 9
East Midlands -12 18 £28,750 +0.88% 2
Scotland -72 8 £30,000 -20.00% 6
Wales -2 5 £42,500 +41.67% 3
Northern Ireland +27 1 £35,000 -6.67%
Junior Developer
UK

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Junior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 106 (44.35%) C#
2 98 (41.00%) JavaScript
3 80 (33.47%) .NET
4 74 (30.96%) Degree
5 69 (28.87%) SQL
6 64 (26.78%) HTML
7 62 (25.94%) CSS
8 57 (23.85%) PHP
8 57 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (22.59%) Agile
10 47 (19.67%) Computer Science
10 47 (19.67%) Social Skills
11 46 (19.25%) SQL Server
12 45 (18.83%) React
13 44 (18.41%) Java
14 43 (17.99%) Web Development
15 40 (16.74%) Full Stack Development
16 32 (13.39%) Computer Science Degree
17 31 (12.97%) Azure
18 30 (12.55%) Microsoft
18 30 (12.55%) Finance
19 28 (11.72%) .NET Framework
20 27 (11.30%) TDD
20 27 (11.30%) Git
20 27 (11.30%) Docker
21 26 (10.88%) AWS
21 26 (10.88%) Marketing
21 26 (10.88%) MySQL
22 25 (10.46%) Software Engineering
22 25 (10.46%) DevOps

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (8.79%) WordPress
2 10 (4.18%) CMS
3 4 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.67%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.42%) Drupal
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.77%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.26%) InDesign
4 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.35%) Magento
1 8 (3.35%) Shopify
2 3 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.97%) Azure
2 26 (10.88%) AWS
3 18 (7.53%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (6.69%) SaaS
6 7 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.09%) GitHub
9 4 (1.67%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.84%) Figma
11 2 (0.84%) GCP
11 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.42%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 1 (0.42%) MailChimp
12 1 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
12 1 (0.42%) Sage Pay
12 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (19.25%) SQL Server
2 26 (10.88%) MySQL
3 17 (7.11%) Power BI
4 13 (5.44%) MS Access
5 12 (5.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (5.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (4.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (3.35%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.93%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.67%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.26%) EDRMS
10 3 (1.26%) Redis
11 2 (0.84%) FileMaker
12 1 (0.42%) ArangoDB
12 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (11.30%) Git
2 17 (7.11%) Visual Studio
3 9 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.93%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.51%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.67%) GitLab
6 4 (1.67%) Gradle
6 4 (1.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.26%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.84%) git-flow
8 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.84%) webpack
9 1 (0.42%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 47 (19.67%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.55%) Finance
3 26 (10.88%) Marketing
4 19 (7.95%) Law
5 17 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.69%) Public Sector
7 15 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.60%) Back Office
9 8 (3.35%) Games
9 8 (3.35%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.93%) Automotive
11 6 (2.51%) Retail
11 6 (2.51%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.67%) Electronics
13 3 (1.26%) Aviation
14 2 (0.84%) Advertising
14 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.42%) Billing
15 1 (0.42%) Legal
15 1 (0.42%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (33.47%) .NET
2 64 (26.78%) HTML
3 62 (25.94%) CSS
4 45 (18.83%) React
5 28 (11.72%) .NET Framework
6 25 (10.46%) Laravel
7 24 (10.04%) Vue
8 18 (7.53%) AngularJS
9 16 (6.69%) ASP.NET
10 15 (6.28%) ASP.NET Web API
11 14 (5.86%) .NET Core
12 13 (5.44%) Web Services
13 12 (5.02%) React Native
14 11 (4.60%) Node.js
14 11 (4.60%) Sass
15 10 (4.18%) HTML5
15 10 (4.18%) jQuery
15 10 (4.18%) REST
16 9 (3.77%) Ajax
16 9 (3.77%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.53%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.67%) Graphic Design
4 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.26%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (1.26%) Hackathon
5 3 (1.26%) Social Media
6 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.84%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.84%) e-Health
6 2 (0.84%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.84%) Life Science
7 1 (0.42%) Animation
7 1 (0.42%) AS400
7 1 (0.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.42%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.69%) Linux
2 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.84%) Windows
4 1 (0.42%) Android
4 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (22.59%) Agile
3 47 (19.67%) Computer Science
4 43 (17.99%) Web Development
5 40 (16.74%) Full Stack Development
6 27 (11.30%) TDD
7 25 (10.46%) DevOps
7 25 (10.46%) Software Engineering
8 22 (9.21%) Mentoring
9 21 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (7.11%) User Experience
11 16 (6.69%) CI/CD
11 16 (6.69%) SDLC
12 15 (6.28%) ERP
12 15 (6.28%) MVC
12 15 (6.28%) Scrum
13 14 (5.86%) Microservices
13 14 (5.86%) OOP
14 13 (5.44%) Front End Development
15 12 (5.02%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 106 (44.35%) C#
2 98 (41.00%) JavaScript
3 69 (28.87%) SQL
4 57 (23.85%) PHP
5 44 (18.41%) Java
6 19 (7.95%) C++
6 19 (7.95%) Python
7 16 (6.69%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.18%) Go
9 8 (3.35%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.93%) C
10 7 (2.93%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.67%) Bash
12 3 (1.26%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.42%) RPG
13 1 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 74 (30.96%) Degree
2 32 (13.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.51%) HND
4 2 (0.84%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.09%) QA
2 4 (1.67%) GDPR
3 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 27 (11.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.84%) Terraform
3 1 (0.42%) Grafana
Vendors
1 30 (12.55%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.18%) Adobe
2 10 (4.18%) Oracle
3 9 (3.77%) F5
4 8 (3.35%) YouTube
5 4 (1.67%) Google
6 3 (1.26%) SAP
6 3 (1.26%) Zend
7 2 (0.84%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.42%) Cadence
8 1 (0.42%) IBM
8 1 (0.42%) IBM Sterling
8 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.42%) Xamarin